Tornado Alley

The second season of Tornado Alley aired in 2015 and expanded on the formats established in the first season. It continued to blend real-time meteorological breakdowns with harrowing, personal stories of survival. Original air date for Season 2 of Tornado Alley was April 27, 2015

1. E1. Real Time: Hattiesburg, Mississippi

   Apr 27, 2015

   A multiple-vortex tornado barrels through Hattiesburg, Mississippi and leaves behind a path of destruction. The entire city and the University of Southern Mississippi campus are left in ruin.

2. E2. Real Time: Henryville, Indiana

   May 4, 2015

   This is the story of the Henryville, Indiana, tornado as told by those who witnessed and survived it.

3. E3. Real Time: Tuscaloosa, Alabama

   May 11, 2015

   An EF-4 multiple-vortex tornado rips through the heart of Tuscaloosa, Ala., leaving a path of destruction 80 miles long and clocking 190-mile-per-hour winds.

4. E4. Real Time: Washington, Illinois

   May 18, 2015

   Recounted through interviews and home videos, this is the story of the Washington tornado and the people who experienced the storm first-hand.

5. E5. I Survived: Split Second

   May 25, 2015

   A shelter provides refuge from the storm until it becomes a trap; a grandmother who runs a daycare, saves herself and three toddlers by taking cover in a bathtub; a neighbor feels guilty for leaving a woman caught outside.

6. E6. I Survived: In My House

   Jun 1, 2015

   A single mother and her two sons get sucked into the vortex of a tornado and survive; a family from Mississippi learns that survival sometimes means needing help; preparation for a disaster means endurance for a community in Texas.

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